Interdental brushing plus toothbrushing vs Toothbrushing alone: Side effects
- Population
- Adults, 16 years and older (dentate)
- Intervention
- Interdental brushing plus toothbrushing
- Comparison
- Toothbrushing alone
- Outcome
- Side effects
Reviews word the same question differently. Two decision models (TypeSafe's Jev and Liquid AI's d1) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others, and rows count as this question only when both agree on all four. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each row.
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
How each review answered it
Current versions only| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Interdental brushing plus toothbrushing vs Toothbrushing alone Harms and adverse effects · Adults, 16 years and older (dentate) Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling… (2019) · Cochrane | Harms and adverse outcomes (SoF): Neither study reported any information about adverse events. Jared 2005 assessed adverse events (participants issued a symptom diary) but did not report the findings; Graziani 2017 did… | 1 study | Ungraded |
Interdental brushing plus toothbrushing vs Toothbrushing alone Harms and adverse effects · Dentate adults aged 16 years and older Interdental brushing for the prevention and control of periodontal diseases and dental caries in adults (2013) · Cochrane | Not estimable. Only 1 study reported adverse outcomes in terms of problems with the use of the assigned interdental cleaning aids. (See comment) In this comparison the single study (Jared 2005) asked participants to… | 1 study | Ungraded |
Interdental brushing plus toothbrushing vs Toothbrushing alone Harms and adverse effects · Dentate adults aged 16 years and older Interdental brushing for the prevention and control of periodontal diseases and dental caries in adults (2012) · Cochraneearlier version CD009857, superseded | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Trials and studies behind the answers
The primary studies that full-text reviews tie to these outcomes. Reviews from the Summary of Findings tier list no included studies here, and trials have not yet been matched to questions on their own, so this list is incomplete.